An 1-D vertically resolved modelling study of the ecosystem dynamics of the middle and southern Adriatic Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 265-286

  Allen, J I ^a   Blackford, J C ^a   Radford, P J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 D vertically resolved water column model; Adriatic Sea; Deep chlorophyll maxima; Salinity; Seasonal cycles of temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; MODELING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONALITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0031774580     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(98)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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